CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A team of researchers at the University of Illinois is working to create a more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Now, these scientists have turned to a prairie grass to ...

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University of Illinos Urbana-Champaign professor DoKyoung Lee is lead author on two new studies showing the economic benefits and ecosystem services advantages of switchgrass as a feedstock for ...

Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois identify economic and environmental ...

The Ottumwa Generating Station began producing electricity from burning coal in 1981 and now hosts one of the nation's few experimental biomass fuel projects. Here is a look at some of the highlights ...